Climate Change
Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.
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Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall.
The African continent harbours the fastest growing human population in the world, and the pressure on natural resources in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem is constantly increasing.
Agricultural and industrial development is modifying the way different areas are utilized, and in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem the natural landscape is changing quickly.
A new MSc thesis has evaluated spatiotemporal patterns in poaching across the boundary of the Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem (MSE). Read more
Spotting a polar bear preying on a wildebeest or a kangaroo hopping away from a lion may seem out of place on a safari in Africa. Nevertheless, in the plant kingdom the establishment and naturalization… Read more
Dr. Joseph O. Ogutu from University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, writes about the dramatic decline in wildlife in Kenya and that there is no more time to waste in protecting wildlife in the region… Read more
The European Commission featured a story about AfricanBioServices on their web site. Read more
Professors Julius Nyahongo and Eivin Røskaft were invited to “Hainan Normal University” in Haikou, China, to give talks about AfricanBioServices. Read more
The Masai Mara region is about to become an environmental disaster. Joseph Ogutu, actively involved in AfricanBioServices comments on the situation… Read more
A team of University of Glasgow students, led by research fellow and AfricanBioServices participant, Dr Grant Hopcraft… Read more
Teklehaymanot Weldemichel, PhD candidate at the Department of Geography at NTNU, Norway and connected to the AfricanBioServices project… Read more
Watch the video from Hanne Marstrand Andersen from the Norwegian Unviersity of Natural Sciences and Technology (NTNU). Hanne did field work for her master’s thesis in Tanzania. Read more